Geert and J Frederich Lead Circulations Team
Circulation leadership notes show Geert and J Frederich guiding operations amid a busy period. A supervisor reports strong performance with counts approaching ninety per cent week by week.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1943
Page
4
Circulation leadership notes show Geert and J Frederich guiding operations amid a busy period. A supervisor reports strong performance with counts approaching ninety per cent week by week.
Two major potato supply sources, Maine and Idaho, face disruption as demand rises in major cities. Government seizure for lend lease and armed forces shifted stock, driving prices and transport hurdles. An amended priority order should ease civilian shipments, with relief expected as weather improves and Maine potatoes move by box cars.
Frederick Citizen calls for a city wide clean up inviting Miss Garner to visit alleys to view squalor. The writer urges white washing, repaired fences, garden fixes, and a volunteer effort including children to restore pride in West Patrick Street and back streets alongside Market Street.
To the Editor of The News, a letter argues presidential price ceilings on farm products unduly limit hearings and ignore local conditions. It calls for policy change amid war demands, troop support, and mounting food shortages affecting farmers, workers, and the nation. The writer cites John L. Lewis and criticizes lack of cooperation and planning.
Babson argues retailers span all forms from small shopkeepers to chains and department stores. He warns against heavy state regulation, notes chains trimmed stores, and cites rising consumer spending with cautious prices. He stresses home shopping and steady demand through retail channels.
Alvin L. Dudley argues in a Mt. Airy Md letter that government figures show only a third of farm leavers join the armed forces, while two thirds seek better pay elsewhere. He contends farm work is poorly rewarded, milk price changes raise consumer costs via union labor, and warns a butter shortage arose from delivery costs and shifts in production. He calls for balance between management and labor to sustain democracy.
A compact quotation from George MacDonald about dedicating time to doing the will of God, implying that such devotion leaves little room for argument or doubt regarding divine plans. The text appears as a reflective biblical sentiment.
The note highlights misuses such as saying most all instead of almost all and mispronunciations like microsc ig. It also covers spelling distinctions like canvas versus canvass and clarifies pronunciation of first and second o sounds.
A daily vocabulary prompt asks readers to learn one new word. Today the term is chaotic meaning without order or confused as in His affairs were in a chaotic state. The note encourages using the word three times to “own” it.
A county hailstorm yesterday afternoon damaged the northern area. The News devote five columns to the June demonstration featuring fire companies from New York Pennsylvania Virginia and Delaware. St Matthew’s Lutheran plans a new frame church with tower and pulpit. cornerstone laid April 23 at 10 am. Railroad officials from Pennsylvania arrived for private car inspection and the Reformed church prepares bells arriving next week.
Postmaster Irving S Biser received his commission and named J William Himbury assistant postmaster. Oscar Kefauver led mails with William Harley and John Staley advancing in the money order department. Rev G Ellis Williams became the new Methodist pastor and will move to Frederick. Delegates arrive for the State Council of Marsland A M O C with National Councilor George A Davis expected. Whiskey removal from Outerbridge Distillers near Burkitsville begins as trucks are guarded by armed officers.
The article portrays Hitler's drive to recruit Axis leaders and loyalists from Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Italy to reinforce a formidable European fortress. It notes staged propaganda tours by Axis writers and insists on a united front against outside powers, warning that unity is essential to uphold the “New Order” and deter Western and Soviet influence.
Prepared by GAIUS GLENN ATKINS for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the sermon reflects on the Prodigal Son, sin’s wages, justice and love in God’s order, and the redemptive power of forgiveness, urging humble living and reliance on divine guidance through prayer.
Approximately 60 percent of the Mintors traveling to Yellowstone National Park are women, signaling a strong female presence in the tour group. The outing emphasizes inclusive participation and broad interest in the park among attendees.
In a commentary from Washington dated April 15, the piece says Roosevelt backs Churchill on prioritizing defense and questions the balance of air and naval strength against Japan in the Pacific. It argues Japan can extend its time to build bases and air power, while American limits on air and naval assets threaten a prolonged war.
The text presents a series of short questions and answers on topics including fortified wine defined as grape brandy added to create a sweet high alcohol content wine. It notes Henry Armstrong held three titles and Bob Fitzsimmons held three in three divisions. It asks if weather affects appetite with Army findings: 6 percent more food in cold, 12 percent less in heat, 4 percent more on dull days. It cites an Aspen legend about trembling leaves linked to the Cross. It adds post exchanges require coupons for rationed foods.
An editorial admonishes that humanity’s moral decline claim is false by recalling ancient Greece and Rome. It notes widespread slavery, disregard for life, and brutal entertainments as examples of past culture’s excesses. The piece argues contemporary ethics compare unfavorably to those extremes.
A Babson Newspaper Syndicate note remarks that nations were corrupt before organized religion and that two millennia of Christian gospel work have spurred efforts to improve life, acknowledging critique of the church while praising its influence.
Herschel Himes was convicted of being drunk and dis orderly in Brunswick and sentenced by Magistrate Howard Marvin Jones to 15 days in the County jail. A 1942 statistic notes a patient admitted to a U S hospital every 214 seconds in the United States.
Washington April 15. OPA head Prentiss M Brown promotes Mrs Philip Crowlie of Huron S Dakota as a typical housewife to review price and rationing orders. Senators attack the move and Brown plans more typicals. Also notes on dehydrated foods manual priority airmail and Vice President Wallace Latin America tour wardrobe.
At about 11 pm Wednesday police headquarters received a call from a woman reporting a man trying to gain entry. Officer Harry Philips raced to East Patrick street and found the man was her husband returning from work unexpectedly.
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